Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-05
THEATRICAL INCIDENT.
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auce CT EVIL Should be Avoided.
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u Black Eyes Which Went With
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Correspondence Of the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1. was reported
the other day mat & genla. and accom-
plishej actor in this city Rad been con-
cerned in 81 lmpromptu pugillstic ex-
hi5itiOn with s bartender or g Caomal or
some such repre:e ntative OF the midnight
population OF waat MT. Francis Wilson
calls the Metropolis. Ard the story
wandered Oh 20 observe that TIE contest
occurred very eayly il the morning and
hat there had been considerable ncurn-
ing about the sctoI's eyes ever since.
The octor denounced the story as q
falsehood. He had no black eyes and ne
submitted with very bad grace Of course !
TO the numerous attentions, notes OF j
sympathy end a3ytce AMI expressions OF
sstonishment over the c.ear and IN
clouGed condition Of his couute- /
nance, Therewith he w2s over
wheimed fUc thirty-siX hours elVer the |
appearance CT Inc paragraph IN urnr. !
HIS slXteen-yeaT cid nephew surveyed |
| hin critically from various stendpOints, !
and wanted to know how he hsd gotten
the hing cured up so quickly. H. aunt, |
VINO Is rigid Presbyterian, wrote him st
| considerable length and expressed the
! hope that he would see the WiCkedness Of
| his present life, renOunce the stage for
ever and 90: into the drygoods business.
Even the manager CT the tbeater, whom
ne met at the stage door in the evening,
looked very sober and said something
about such incidents not helping the the
ater's reputation. When the Gctor yehe-
me0t!y and iraptically protested that
there was nothing in the story, and
pointed with 2 passionate Ii1ger 10 the
unGiH med luster ofdis visual organs, the
manager acknowledged that they were
EAiuted very ceyery, but hoped it would
not occur again.
81 The player went home with his head
$RWimming over the strange predicament.
ihHe went to bed, but tossed about fever
s:.fIahly, unable to sleep, and when finally
LIZ dropped into semi conscious cOndi-
tiGssss sgd dGZed for few minutes al g
time, he sssssslaei5d he could see two i'm
mense black eyes, with light green cir
conferences, giaring 81 him from the cor
rer u the room behind the Washstsnd.
When he got up in the morning, feeling
IS though he had been baked on slow
oven and hadn't been basted, ne espi5d
en- envelope which had evidently been
slipped under The door. lie opened it
with tremulous figures. There was q
, note inside, and the following is 3 copy
I Of il:
Sir:-IIsYing heard that YOU met with
Ell accident lately Black Eyes would
like to see you. was very sorry 10 learn
Of your misnap. make C. specially OF
curing Black Eyes in g very few hours
/ can refer you to VIII R!Cing9aud lots OF
Others. idon't care how long they have
been done, can cure them. enclose
card. Yours, THOMAS SHARP.
Z. S.-pleese answer this as knew
you in Frisco, when trained W. a
Westayer ten years ego. 7. S.
"Refers me to Will Rising" said ths
actor 'Now. that's pretty good joke
considering that l am the man who gave
Rising the black eyes which this mal
cured"
The sctor appreciated TIE humor O
the eye-dCctor's reference, and he pic
tuTed himself seeking out his adversary
on that long ago fraCas and asking him i
the disColored peppers, which he had got
ten at that time, had been satisfactory,
created. The picture which he copiure(
up was funny one, and the actor laughed
at it.. The weirdness OF bis appearance
during the twenty-four hours that ha(
lust passed was disappearing, and he be
gan to feel more natural. He even jCke(
feebly with himself, and observed TO tn
reflection in his looking glass that if III
profession was such dab at curing eye
it would De good thing for him to fix u
the "i's' in bis letter.
II brief waS6 of subdued mirth there
Fupea. SlsesK the actors handOme form
antghe proceeded with his dressing il
what was to all appearances the best 0
spirits. He adjusted his scarf and pu
on his het with the sir of man who hat
taken resolution and to whom liDert
was in sight Once in the street, h
drew forth the professors card, hailet
the first cab he met and naming the ed
dress of the eye doctor, directed the cab
man to drive there with all speed. In
few minutes the cab drew up at s hous
on q side street on the west side Of tn
city and the actor alighted. On one sid
of the door was an immense sign painte,
in bold black letters on a white ground,
BLACK EYEs-PROFEssoR SHARP.
The window shades on the first foo
were half way down and those also wer
inscribed with the same suggestiv
legend. The actor entered the hous
and climbed the stairs, and black eye
were painted all along the route. For
moment life seemed to be filled wit
black eyes and the weird and uncann
favor Of the previous day begsn to re
turn. But the actor threw the feeling c.
and puslirg open door with two NOR
black eyes On It, entered what proved [
be the Professors consultation room.
The Professor was seated in his shir
sleeves, eating corn-beef and cabbage
but he rose a. orce and begged his visito
to be seated. The actor did nc
accept the invitation, but RENAME
standing, and liking his eyes on
tin sign on the mantel piec
which repeated the wearisome announce
ment about Professor Sharp and tn
black eyes, he handed the note printe
above to the man who had written it.
eyes. On, yes" said the professo
"You are"
eyes, am," said the actor. "B!
you see that the report is mistake
haven t any black eyes. My eyes are in
normal condition, think"
eyes," said the professor doubtful,
who began to see the prospect OF a fe
vanishing into perspective.
"Now," said the actor in q bushes
like tone of voice. "You have gre.
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